My Toy Room

Eric · April 28, 2006, 07:23:06 PM

You are right; you'll need a lot of space with your great collection Startrekfanatic5. But the most important, believe me, is a comprehensive wife!!! Lol.

I like collectibles but I donâ€™t buy everything anymore. When I was younger, it was different though.

I buy only those I find really well made with a good price value. You should check the McFarlanes Toys (you probably already know this anyway.) The paint job are awesome and they cost around 12$/each.

I think that Hasbro should raise the bar of their lines and drop the price of the Star Wars line. The vehicles are great but the 3â€™1/2 figures are expensive compare to the competition.

Eric · April 28, 2006, 07:25:33 PM

The unleashed series is great, but expensive. Some of them are hard to find now! They did a great job with that line!

Geekyfanboy · April 28, 2006, 10:32:30 PM

Well luckily I don't have to worry about a wife :)

And I agree I love the Star Wars Unleashed series. I have all of them but the Stormtrooper.. still not willing to pay $100 bucks for him.

And I love McFarlane.. I"m currently collecting the Dragon series.. so far I have series one, and they are awesome.

Jen · May 02, 2006, 05:05:40 PM

Hi guys...Well, I've taken my first step at collecting. I just bought two Star Wars Saga ROTS figures.Â Planning to pick up two or three every payday.Â Your collections are very inspiring. As I stood in the toy isle looking at the various assortments of SW figures, I suddenly remembered how difficult it was to choose just one... as a little kid with a few dollars of allowance money burning a hole in my pocket, it took quite a while for me to finally choose. I haven't thought about that in a long time. It all came back to me yesterday, and it took just as long to decide. I picked up Anakin and Obi-Wan, since there were only one each hanging on the pegs...Going to try to get the Firespeeder Pilot and Holographic Ki-Adi -Mundi figures tomorrow. They had a couple of those yesterday...Hope they're still there tomorrow.

Rico · May 02, 2006, 05:46:55 PM

I've really been enjoying the Star Wars Action News Podcast. It's a husband and wife team that both love Star Wars and podcast about SW collecting. They do a great show. It's getting me tempted to start buying more action figures again. I used to buy more of those but kind of moved off to the prop stuff more. If you want to know more about their podcast, check out this link: http://www.swactionnews.com/

Geekyfanboy · May 02, 2006, 05:50:24 PM

I couldn't afford to keep up with Star Wars figures... I'm a completist so I have to have them all. So I didn't collect anything from the last two movies. :(

Picard_delta_5 · May 06, 2006, 01:09:03 PM

yeah, in general i haven't been buying a lot of sw stuff from the last 3 movies... the earlier stuff from around 95-97 is still cheap, and its a bit rarer (and cooler)... lucky for me there is a store in chicago that is like Kenny's house but way better... (i know its hard to believe but I'm serious) Its called Quake Collectables... it has weird store hours but its amazing, mostly figures, but also some plates, shirts, etc... whatever you can think of.... and the guy who owns it is a huge sci fi fan so there is a bit of everything...

anyone in the area should check it out... if you go there and buy anything say that Sam told you about it, if he doesn't know what your talking about, say the kid who loves Star Trek... (if anyone is in chicago on a vacation or something, i would seriously recommend checking this place out)

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De · May 06, 2006, 03:08:59 PM

If it's called Quake Collectibles, then why is there a picture of Quisp on the ad?

This is Quake:

Riskygodfather · May 06, 2006, 04:44:38 PM

Haha, lmao, funny how you knew that De, that's what separates the geeks from the uber-geeks. And how did you know that that thing was called Quisp!? Cool comic there, look pretty old.

Picard_delta_5 · May 07, 2006, 04:38:46 PM

ha, do you have a bigger pic of that?

Riskygodfather · May 08, 2006, 01:51:45 PM

O, I forgot to ask, is that a cereal ad, or is it an actual series of commics?

De · May 08, 2006, 05:07:17 PM

Quote from: Riskygodfather on May 06, 2006, 04:44:38 PM
Haha, lmao, funny how you knew that De, that's what separates the geeks from the uber-geeks. And how did you know that that thing was called Quisp!?

Let's just say I'm only slightly younger than Rico :biggrin Besides, one of my other pastimes (apart from sci-fi) is cartoons. Quisp and Quake ads used to run fairly often during Saturday-morning cartoons when I was a kid. I've often been tempted to pick up this set of Quisp action figures.

Quote from: Picard_delta_5 on May 07, 2006, 04:38:46 PM
ha, do you have a bigger pic of that?

I snagged this particular cereal ad from Toyadz.com during a Google search. Finding pictures of Quisp is easy, Quake is quite a bit tougher.

Picard_delta_5 · May 08, 2006, 06:26:08 PM

k, thanks

Riskygodfather · May 08, 2006, 06:31:16 PM

It said that that link to the Quisp character figures "Is Not Valid". And cool that you found Quake. Which cartoon did you like more?

De · May 08, 2006, 07:37:36 PM

Quote from: Riskygodfather on May 08, 2006, 06:31:16 PM
It said that that link to the Quisp character figures "Is Not Valid". And cool that you found Quake. Which cartoon did you like more?

Sorry about the broken link. Try this one instead.

As for which cartoon, well I preferred Quake cereal but liked the Quisp commercials better. I think it was the nutty voicework of Daws Butler.